Mountaineer and tax inspector. Born Michael Fowler in London. Voted "The Moutaineers' Mountaineer", he has tackled some of the world's most difficult peaks, mostly during his holidays from his job with HM Revenue and Customs.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Footballer. Born in Camberwell. He signed for Dulwich Hamlet Football Club in 1915, and repeatedly turned down offers to join professional clubs. His team won the F.A. Amateur Cup in 1920 and 1932,...
Body builder and artists' model who posed for a number of statues on display in London. Rothwell was brought to our attention by Broderick D.V. Chow in this Londonist article. This, together with ...
A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success partly because the clay ground was not suitable and partly because the local population (slum-dwellers, basically) unlike ...
Venue which was used by the London Athletic Club until 1905, when its new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club. Our photograph shows the stadium in its early days.
Harndale Shipmanagement Services Limited was one of several companies formed by Keshava Raghuveer and Harini Raghuveer. It was incorporated on 31 January1984 with a company registration number of 0...
Poet and classical scholar. Born Gloucestershire. Died Cambridge. In 1918-9 he published a few epitaphs for use on graves and memorials, including: When you go home, tell them of us and say, Fo...
Londonist brought this engaging multiple memorial to our attention. Information about visiting Fulham Palace. Bishop Porteus looks out c...
The London Salvage Corps was set up after the Tooley Street Fire of 1861. Their job was to rescue valuables from fire, protect goods from damage by water, etc. to minimise the claims submitted to ...
'EMW' are the initials of the Marquess's wife, Elizabeth Mary who died 1891, here to indicate that it was she who erected the memorial to...
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